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Quotes from Africa's largest clinical trial for early stage COVID-19 drugs launches — Borna Nyaoke-Anoke

born 1987 Kenya

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It paints a bleak picture of when the continent will achieve herd immunity.

Africa's largest clinical trial for early stage COVID-19 drugs launches (2021)

We want to prevent that progression to severe disease so that we don’t overwhelm our health care facilities.

Africa's largest clinical trial for early stage COVID-19 drugs launches (2021)

We cannot compare our health capacity with that in Europe or America. What might be considered a small number of severe diseases in the global north might have devastating consequences in Africa.

Africa's largest clinical trial for early stage COVID-19 drugs launches (2021)

There is a great need to ensure that before everyone has access to these vaccines, for those who do get sick, we are able to assist them in curing the disease or preventing its progression into a more severe disease.

Africa's largest clinical trial for early stage COVID-19 drugs launches (2021)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Borna Nyaoke-Anoke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.